Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Lessee Disclosure [Abstract]

Leases

Note 13 – Leases

As of December 31, 2024, and 2023, the Company had operating leases for asset classes that include office space, office equipment, drilling rigs, completion crews, midstream agreements, vehicles, railcars, and equipment rentals used in field operations. For operating leases recorded on the accompanying balance sheets, the remaining lease terms range from less than one year to approximately eight years. Certain leases contain optional extension periods that allow for terms to be extended for up to an additional 10 years; however, in order to maintain financial and operational flexibility, there are no available options to extend that the Company is reasonably certain it will exercise. An early termination option exists for certain leases, some of which allow the Company to terminate a lease within one year; however, there are no leases in which material early termination options are reasonably certain to be exercised by the Company. As of December 31, 2024, and 2023, the Company did not have any agreements in place that were classified as finance leases under Topic 842. As of December 31, 2024, and through the filing of this report, the Company has no material lease arrangements which are scheduled to commence in the future. Refer to Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for additional information on the Company’s policies for lease determination and classification.

The following table reflects the components of the Company’s total lease costs, whether capitalized or expensed, related to operating leases, including short-term leases, and variable lease costs for both short-term and long-term leases for the years ended

December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022. This total does not reflect amounts that may be reimbursed by other third parties in the normal course of business, such as non-operating working interest owners.

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2024		2023		2022
	(in thousands)
Operating lease cost	$	26,809	$	15,625	$	10,174
Short-term lease cost (1)	85,875		251,628		175,098
Variable lease cost (2)	386,766		11,838		7,085
Total lease cost	$	499,450	$	279,091	$	192,357

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(1)    Costs associated with short-term lease agreements relate primarily to operational activities where underlying lease terms are less than one year. This amount includes drilling and completion activities, most of which are contracted for 12 months or less. It is expected that this amount will fluctuate primarily with the number of drilling rigs and completion crews the Company is operating under short-term agreements.

(2)    Variable lease payments relate to the actual volumes delivered under certain midstream agreements, actual usage associated with drilling rigs, completion crews, and vehicles, and variable utility costs associated with the Company’s leased office space. Fluctuations in variable lease payments are primarily driven by actual volumes delivered and the number of drilling rigs and completion crews operating.

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities were as follows:

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2024		2023		2022
	(in thousands)
Operating cash flows related to operating leases	$	10,806	$	4,181	$	4,718
Investing cash flows related to operating leases	$	16,003	$	11,300	$	5,042

Maturities for the Company’s operating lease liabilities included on the accompanying balance sheets as of December 31, 2024, were as follows:

	As of December 31, 2024
	(in thousands)
2025	$	31,681
2026	18,949
2027	15,493
2028	5,645
2029	1,499
Thereafter	5,405
Total Lease payments	$	78,672
Less: Imputed interest (1)	(13,351)
Total	$	65,321

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(1)    The weighted-average discount rate used to determine the operating lease liability as of December 31, 2024, was 5.5 percent.

The following table presents supplemental accompanying balance sheet information for operating leases:

	As of December 31,
	2024		2023
	(in thousands, except discount rate and lease term)
Balance sheet classifications of operating leases:
Other noncurrent assets	$	111,882	$	32,264
Other current liabilities	$	22,419	$	15,425
Other noncurrent liabilities	$	42,902	$	24,352
ROU assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities	$	26,844	$	19,341
Weighted-average discount rate	5.5%		6.2%
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)	4		4